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Letters Patent lVo. 79,401, dated-fune 30, 1868.

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Beit known that I, THOMAS H. B. SANDERS, of the city of Philadelphia, inthe county of Philadelphia, in the State ot' Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Toys; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a. longitudinal sectionalelevation of my new toy.

Figure 2 is an endview of the same in elevation.

Figure 3, a plan view of one of the seats.

Figure 4, a plan view'ot` the other seat.

The nature of my invention consists in the'coinbination of certainmechanical devices, by means of which I combine a rocker with a swing,and` in such a manner that this new toy can be used either as a rockeror as e swing, or as both, when built in suiiioiently large proportions.v

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will now proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

. and A are the sides of the frame of the rocker.. iThey are made ofwood or metal, to suit, and in ariy of the ordinary shapes already inuse and known.

S and S are the seats.

S B and S' B', thebacks of said seats. i

m and m' are small recesses cut into both ends of seat S.

F is the bottom of the rocker.

y and p' are two square lnortises cut into seat S.

d and d', two holes through said seat S.

z and e' are two uprig ts attached to the centre of A and A', andbending toward each other as they go up. Both their upper ends-bearatenon of dimensions to fit into mortisesp and p in seat S.

T T and T T' are stays, made of wood or rope or metal, holding e and zin proper vertical position.

X X and X X are wooden or metallic stays, holding the lower` end of eachupright, z and s', respectively to each side, A and A', of the r`ocker.

'zu is a rope having its ends through and. fastened to holes tl and CZin seat S.

I\Iow, when the toy is to be used as an ordinaryr rocker, the seats andtheir backs being set, as shown in black lines in iig. I, the twochildren will sit, as usual, in S and S', and the additional riggingwill in nowise interfere. On the contrary, the stays T and T and T TIwill afford the children a secure hold for their little hands, thuskeeping a better 'balance while rocking. i

If they want to use the toy as a swing, then they will displace seat Sand set it on the upper ends of the uprights, as shown in red lines inboth figs. .1 and 2saidseat S' being firmly held there in proper placeby the tenons in z and e {itting into the mortises p and pin said seatS. When the seat S' is in that position, the

rope w hangs down, and on it is set the seat S, so that each branch ofropelw tits into the cuts m and minto said seat S.

`The child then sitting on seat S, in its new position, can swingitself` with no trouble, as the rocking movement will help him along.

When the seats S and S have been removed from their original positions,the backs S B and S B' may be, at will, turned dat down by means ofhinges, so as to `be out of the way of the feet. ofthe child whileswinging, as shown in red lines in S in iig. 1,

The new toy above described is nothing vbut the combination of a swingwith any size or shape ordinary rocker. It can be gotten up very cheap,although sutiiciently substantial tobe used without any danger to thechildren.

I do not claim having invented the rocker or the swing, but having fullydescribed my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates,`isi i The arrangement of the uprights z and z, their stays T andT and X and X', movable seats S and S', their swinging backs S B and S'B', rope w, with a rocker, A A', of any size or shape, tho wholeconstructed and operated in themanner an'd for 4the purpose above setforth and described.

. THOS. H. B. SANDERS.

Witnesses:

J. H. BowDnN, E. H. BAILEY.

